Food

The EPA is so confident that traces of pesticides in food are safe that the agency has granted multiple chemical company requests for increases in the allowed tolerances, effectively providing a legal basis for higher levels of pesticide residues to…

See our earlier article on the Farm Bureau lobbying for kids to spray pesticides: House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children … House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children, Farmworkers The House farm bill includes several proposals that…

So why not here? France takes Roundup weed-killer off market after court ruling AFP/File / Philippe HUGUEN Bayer’s Roundup weed-killer contains glyphosate, which the French government plans to outlaw by 2021 French authorities on Tuesday banned the sale of a…

CalCAN’s Climate and Agriculture Summit Jan. 16, 2019 | News from Haven’t yet registered for CalCAN’s Climate and Agriculture Summit? Good news! You have five more days to take advantage of the Earlybird discount. Register by January 21st and…

Remember meatless Mondays? ““The food we eat and how we produce it determines the health of people and the planet, and we are currently getting this seriously wrong,” declared Tim Lang, a co-author of the EAT-Lancet Commission and professor at…

New Study from Europe MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTO: Now We Know Ever wonder how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could continue to support the use of glyphosate—even after 17 of the world’s best scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO)…

2 FARM SUPPORT JOB OPPORTUNITIES Part-time Farmer Organizer With a focus on the Latino/a farm community on the Central Coast, lead practical on-farm field days, give voice to growers and pass along valuable resources to help those farmers thrive! LEARN…

“The symbol the USDA chose says “bioengineered” rather than GMO and depicts a field and a sun, which is intentionally deceptive. These are natural images used to communicate the presence of decidedly un-natural ingredients in a food. It’s as if…

Organic Consumer Association: Sewage sludge: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) euphemistically calls it “biosolids.” But what is it really? And why should you care? Ask your Member of Congress to cosponsor the Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification…

“Nevertheless, the rules outlining these prioritization and risk evaluation processes have been “significantly narrowed” under the Trump administration, excluding important “pathways of exposure” that leave vulnerable populations like pregnant women and children especially susceptible to harm, according to Eve Gartner,…

There’s a Toxic Weed Killer on the Menu in K-12 Schools Across the US ByCaroline Cox,Truthout Published January 6, 2019 Many parents cheered about 10 years ago when Michelle Obama took on the important task of improving school meals. Of…

Buyer Beware: “Highly processed ingredients, many products of new genetic engineering techniques such as CRISPR and TALEN, and many meat and dairy products will not require disclosure. Animal feed is not covered by this law; meat, eggs, and dairy from…

At Last! FDA Bans Use of 7 Synthetic Food Additives The move follows a petition brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Center for Food Safety (CFS), the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), and other…

Last night in Sonoma, the City Council voted 3-0 to ban all the use of the herbicide glyphosate by City staff in all parks and along bike paths. The Council was acting on a Staff recommendation to “ban the use…